ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – Within a high-security facility in Roanoke, engineers are designing and building the next generation of night vision goggles for the U.S. military and its global allies.
Elbit Systems of America’s is one of only two manufacturers in the entire nation trusted to engineer and manufacture night vision goggles for the United States Military. Now, driven by rising global demand, the local facility is expanding its operations and adding hundreds of local jobs.
Designing the Future of Battlefield Visibility
The Roanoke-engineered goggles eliminate darkness, providing American soldiers and their allies with absolute clarity in combat zones.
“Right now it’s been, I’d say, good for business just because there is a lot of tension in the world, whether it’s in Europe with the conflict in Ukraine, the Middle East, or Southeast Asia,” Erik Fox, General Manager of Warfighter Systems at Elbit America said…